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Two or more children (or just short people) pile up, [[Human Ladder|one on another's shoulders]], and put a [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]] (and usually a fedora hat) over this pyramid to make them look like an adult or a tall man. Usually a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]. An unfortunate [[Sneeze of Doom]] by one of the participants will make the whole pyramid collapse at the worst time possible.
For a more specific form of this trope, look to [[Two Men, One Dress]].
A much more advanced form of the trick would be [[Mobile Suit Human]].
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== Fan Works ==
* In this [http://sparkydearly.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=fanfics&action=display&thread=630 fanfiction] of ''[[
* One [[YouTube]] user made a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebzw42AW9vs parody] on the "Silly Song" segment from Disney's ''[[Snow White (Disney)|Snow White]]'' using Powerpoint and the characters replaced with [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] characters. In this parody, Tails and Amy Rose perform this trope.
* A Girl on Sheezy Art produce a web Manga regarding Two midgets in a trench coat [http://sheezyart.com/art/view/1638154/ can be seen here]. Very little of it has material that is [[NSFW]] though.
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* A similar trick was used unsuccessfully in ''[[Welkin Weasels]]: Thunder Oak'', involving nine ferrets in a human-sized suit of armor.
* In the children's novel ''Down Town'', Cary's first uncanny encounter is with an apparent bag lady. The accompanying illustration makes it clear that this is actually a whole lot of tiny humanoid creatures dressed up in old clothes.
* In ''
* George and Harold do this in one of the ''[[Captain Underpants (Literature)|Captain Underpants]]'' books, to pose as an adult to get an invention off of Melvin's genius parents. They only start to suspect something's wrong when George's hands are what takes the gadget (as Harold - who was on top - is white and George is black), but have their minds erased almost immediately after.
* A rather creepy science fiction version appears in ''[[The Mote in Gods Eye (Literature)|The Mote in Gods Eye]]'', by [[Larry Niven]] and Jerry Pournelle. A small swarm of Watchmaker Moties (miniature semi-sentient aliens) try to leave the cruiser ''[[Mac Arthur]]'' by hiding inside a space suit and ''using the occupant's head'' to disguise themselves.
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== Music Videos ==
* The flash video to [["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|Weird Al Yankovic]]'s song, "Virus Alert", contains a brief scene of a group of viruses doing this to steal someone's credit card identity.
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** Another episode has, in the midst of several people admitting to not really being Native American, one guy who is really just 2 midgets in a costume.
** Another episode shows that the security standards at the power plant are disturbingly low: an X-ray scanner at the plant's entrance reveals two people with guns and one person to be two kids in a trenchcoat -- and they are nevertheless let in without any attempt to stop them.
* Taken to extremes in the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' [[Something Completely Different|episode]] [[The One With...|where they were]] [[Spinoff Babies|all babies]]. In the same episode the doctor was [[Dressed to Heal|four babies in a lab coat]].
* In the ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' episode "Prick Up Your Ears", Peter and Lois have to sneak into the school auditorium to crash the abstinence lecture. Naturally, Peter has an idea. Cut to an incredibly tall man with a fat head wearing a really long trench coat and high heels. Then it pans over to [[Bait and Switch|Peter telling Lois that this man was big enough for them to sneak in behind]].
* ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename Kids Next Door]]''
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* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
** In the episode "The Great Patty Caper", the nanny reveal she is two toddlers.
** Done by Mr. Krabs and Plankton in "The Other Patty". [[Huge Rider, Tiny Mount|With Plankton on the bottom.]]
** Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob do this in the episode "Chum Bucket Supreme", to sneak into the Chum Bucket unnoticed. using a giant clamshell for the head ''with Mr. Krabs peeking out''. Plankton saw through their disguise however.
* In the ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' episode "Weather in Tibet", Penny and a friend of hers do this to sneak past some guards.
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